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Posted on November 26, 2018 · On Monday's Houston Matters: We discuss Bob McNair's legacy as the owner of the Texans. We remember local civil rights activist Ray Hill. Veterinarian Dr. Lori Teller answers your pet care questions. And we learn about some of Houston’s most interesting abandoned buildings.

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Posted on June 16, 2017 · (Above: Protesters rally in opposition to anti-gay activist Anita Bryant’s Houston appearance in 1977.) While members of the LGBT community in New York rioted in 1969 in opposition to a violent police raid, Houston’s LGBT community had its major uprising 40 years ago this week when activists united to protest a performance by a country musician. […]

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Posted on June 16, 2017 · (Above: An American classic car is seen parked in front of the capitol building in Havana. President Trump’s expected changes in policy toward Cuba could make it more difficult for Americans to visit the island and for U.S. companies to do business there. Photo: Javier Galeano/AP)Later today (Friday, June 16, 2017), President Trump is expected […]

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Posted on December 18, 2013 · One way to judge the quality of a society is to look at how it treats its prisoners. If we were to do that here in Houston, what would we see? Itâs a question that perhaps is best answered in two stages â first, by examining how inmates are processed through jail (and what will […]